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A stilted longhouse of the Karos people in Northern Sumatra. Usually it has a rectangular foothold, the structure rises around 12meters. It has an iconic triangular thatched roof that makes up over half of the structure's size. The insides are large…

The Shōkōken Tea House is a small rectangular building that has a single low level with a sloping tiled roof. It has a very simple frame. It’s surrounded by the garden. It is a single-story structure. The entrance is low and modest, it is requiring…

Shinjuku Rurikoin Byakurengedo is a new-age Buddhist temple designed by architect Kiyoshi Sey Takeyama. The structure takes a cubic form with rounded edges and sporadic windows. It does not follow common Buddhist architectural principles. The…

The Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque stands as a royal mosque which occupies a small space on Naqsh-e Jahan Square through its single cream-colored dome and its lack of minarets. The bent corridor leads visitors toward a domed sanctuary which receives its…

The funerary complex of Shah-i-Zinda in Samarkand features a narrow processional corridor that contains mausoleums that display their exterior walls through intense turquoise and cobalt tilework. The complex follows a sequence of vaulted spaces and…